Cooperation with normal citizens is an important instrument for the functioning of the state.
The clarinet, of course, was an important instrument in early New Orleans jazz.
It was an important instrument of administration under the ancien régime in France.
Only after the second world war was the Gemeindebau taken up again, becoming an important instrument for the welfare state.
"The specific duty to assess the impact of policies and procedures is an important instrument in achieving this objective.
Trade agreements are supposed to be an important instrument of diplomacy: closer trade integration brings closer ties in other dimensions.
The nanyin dongxiao is an important instrument in the nanyin ("southern music"; Fujianese) or nanguan ("southern pipes"; Taiwanese) ensemble.
Joaquin Ruiz, the dean of the College of Science at the University of Arizona in Tucson, said that because of its size, the Biosphere is "an important instrument".
The United States and its trade representative, Robert Zoellick, are right that trade policy can be an important instrument for building good will.
The organ, because of its close association with liturgical music, continued to be an important instrument, and its literature includes all of the formal types except dances.
That's why the partnership with the World Bank can be so successful, why the World Bank can be such an important instrument for China.
